Air touch to make mac touch screen pro#

In this Apple's tutorial (recently updated) they also mention the possibility of doing that by pressing the power button, but again, it doesn't work for me. I've seen that some years ago, pressing the power button during 3 seconds pops up a menu for choosing what to do, but that also doesn't work in my case.

Tap its controls with either your finger or Apple Pencil. If it isn't, is there a way to use it as another regular key in order to make a shortcut? (if I try to create a shortcut, pressing the Touch ID button does nothing) With Sidecar, you get a Touch Bar on your iPad screen even if your Mac doesn’t have a Touch Bar. I can't believe that something like that is not possible, or at least configurable. This will only work if your laptops motherboard supports touchscreens, and that a compatible touchscreen actually exists for your size and model of laptop. Depending on your laptop model, you may be able to replace your existing screen with a touchscreen. I want to lock my mac by simply pressing the Touch ID button. Buy a touch screen for to your laptop model. Use trackpad as multi-touch area: press and hold the option key. Scroll: drag from the position of the mouse pointer. AirTouch appears to be a significant extension of Gesture Control in ways that BMW is outlining at CES 2016.

Arrow keys: swipe from the center of the window. (I also want to explicitly use the power button, I know I can add buttons to the Touch Bar).īy now, apart from using it as Touch ID, I can only use it to do a hard-turning off by pressing during 6 seconds or to access accessibility options by pressing 3 times fast. Space bar: tap in the center of the window. I know there are other shortcuts for doing that, but I want to be able to use the power button as such.

Air touch to make mac touch screen pro#

I want to use the Touch ID button to sleep or to lock my 2017 Macbook Pro 13'. I'm not sure if this has been asked before: